Long-term Deprivation of Liberty
ing, and the living conditions and other aspects of the treatment of inmates. The
external technicians, in addition to examining the quality of the medical assis
tance provided and other healthcare issues, performed an analysis of the clinical
histories and of the medical and legal documentation generated by the medical
professional provided to inmates (essentially the medical reports on injuries is
sued by the medical professional provided to inmates when they suffer injuries
produced inside the prison).
76. As regards the characteristics of the prison population of each center, the prison
of Alcala de Guadaira (Seville) and the women’s prison of Barcelona are exclusively for
women (except as regards the open section of the one in Barcelona), while the prison
of Ocaña II (Toledo) is for men, and the other three –even though they are also for
men– have at least one module for women. The two centers exclusively for women had
a specific module for mothers with children under the age of three and pregnant
women in the final months of gestation. As regards the legal proceedings status of the
persons held at the centers, all penitentiary facilities had both convicted and remand
prisoners, although the women’s prison of Barcelona essentially held female remand
prisoners and the prisons of A Lama (Pontevedra), Alava and Ocaña II (Toledo) held
mainly convicts. Finally, the majority of prisons had open sections, where the inmates
classified in third degree lived, although such facilities were not visited.
The visited centers had
77. As may be seen in the following table, within the different prison structures
existing in our country, this Institution has visited very diverse centers as regards
both size and occupancy: small centers –the prison of Ocaña II (Toledo) and,
especially, the prisons of Alcala de Guadaira (Seville) and the women’s prison of
Barcelona–, medium-sized –the prisons of Alava and Murcia II–, and large
centers –such as the prison of A Lama (Pontevedra).
Very different as regards
different typology
according to the gender
of the prison population
size and occupancy
Table 31. Occupancy of the visited prisons
Prison
Prison of A Lama (Pontevedra)
Occupancy on day
of visit (inmates)
1.210*
Number of cells
1235 cells
Prison of Alcala de Guadaira
(Seville)
162**
135 cells
Prison of Alava
632***
552 cells (modules
in operation)
Women’s prison of Barcelona
170****
51 cells
Prison of Murcia II
972
762 cells (modules
in operation)
Prison of Ocaña II (Toledo)
419*****
424 cells
*
**
***
****
*****
Over 100 men and 4 women in the Social Integration Center «Carmen Avendaño».
More than 7 women in the open section.
Over 85 inmates in an open regime, located in the former prison of Nanclares de la Oca.
Over 107 women and 217 men in the open section.
More than 2 inmates in the open section.
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